History Headscratchers / FiveNightsAtFreddys2

* What's the purpose for Mangle being able to [[https://youtu.be/yqQu_UVZDO8 pick up radio?]]

** What's the purpose for Mangle being able to [[https://youtu.be/yqQu_UVZDO8 pick up radio?]]

** The world is set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, but in the past.

** Jeremy called Phone Guy first while Jeremy was still at home, but by the time Phone Guy got back to him, he had already left for the pizzeria. So he calls the pizzeria instead cause he figures that's the most likely spot to catch him. Why would he call first? Maybe he just heard 'Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria' on the news while channel surfing or something, but missed the part where they say there was a murder there. And this would be pre-internet, so he's just going with the best option to find out what was happening-Phone Guy.

** Knowing management, if it is indeed blood, anyone who would question it would just be told it's "paint disguised as [[MemeticMutation hyper-realistic blood]]". As for evading police investigators and the such... I have no idea.

** So... how does Withered Chica kill you exactly? It can't grab you, it has no hands. It can't bite you, its jaw is basically falling off. So... does it just scream at you and... stand around until the other animatronics catch up to her to finish the job?
* How is the player character even winding up the music box from where he is? Is there a button on the camera to keep the music box winding?

* How does the player character not know about the place being closed on Night 6? You figure he would have gotten the notice from someone at the pizzeria or even a sign up at the door.
** The guy is an entirely new guard, so maybe he was just being over-earnest and tried to make a good first impression by staying on guard anyway. [[TooDumbToLive Or there could be a simpler explanation]].

** This seems to be before Fazbear Company got really cheap if this is a prequel for sure.

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** Who says he has one? [[spoiler: Remember, there's still the theory that everything's haunted. That does not necessarily mean they need an exoskeleton.]]

* How does the player character not know about the place [[spoiler:being closed on Night 6?]] You figure he would have gotten the notice from someone at the pizzeria or even a sign up at the door.

*** If by new guard you mean the one who [[spoiler:gets fired on Custom Night]], that's Night [[spoiler:7]].

** This seems to be [[spoiler:before Fazbear Company got really cheap if this is a prequel for sure.]]

** Perhaps they simply leave spares lying around if they lose their main props. As well as that, remember how Balloon Boy sometimes [[spoiler: hides under your desk for no reason at all?]] He probably stores them there, and gets them back when you're looking at the camera/putting the mask on.
*** I'd buy that if [[spoiler:under-the-desk-Boy wasn't simply a hallucination.]]
* [[spoiler:If this game's a prequel]], why do the old animatronics look like they've been through hell and back? And how is this Fazbear's "Grand Re-Opening"?
** The old animatronics were from the original "Fredbear's Family Diner", and presumably that shut down temporarily, then the "grand reopening" was [[spoiler:them reopening as Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria]].

** There's a theory that [[spoiler: Mangle]] was the actual biter, not Foxy. Or someone stupid went where they shouldn't have gone.

** The fourth game seems to imply that it was actually [[spoiler:Fredbear]] who caused the Bite of '87.

** [[spoiler: Summer and winter are inverted with respect to each other when it comes to northern and southern hemispheres. Unless I'm misremembering, the games are not stated to take place inside the US, which I'm assuming most US citizens would assume until thinking otherwise. Since Scott voices Phone Guy himself and did both games on his own, he wouldn't seek someone out to fill a voice role if this was an intentional tidbit. Australia and New Zealand have a largely English-speaking populace, so that covers the language spoken at least, and November would be just about the start or close enough to when the game takes place.]]
*** The sequel is deliberately implied to take place in the US, what with [[spoiler:Jeremy's paycheck correctly matching the federal minimum wage for 1987]].

** Messages are pre-recorded. They could very well be from summer. [[spoiler: That's little bit of FridgeBrilliance, actually- animatronics are already possessed by murdered kids ( that's why they are murderous ) and Jeremy came to work on Night 6 because at this point, building wasn't on lockdown anymore! ( Doesn't explain line "What on earth are you doing there? Didn't you get the memo? The place is closed down, at least for a while", through...]]

* How did we all miss OccamsRazor? In hindsight, we should have guessed that [[spoiler: the reason Phone Guy was still alive was because this took place before he died.]]

* Aside from the fact that the end reveal is that [[spoiler:this is a prequel to the original]], why does the company ''not'' give you a Freddy mask in the original? It seems to work on the original animatronics (except for Foxy, who's similarly stopped by a flashlight) quite fine, if not having to be precise about putting it on. And they also get off your case and go elsewhere in the building without escaping. This seems like a safer and easier alternative than the first game's doors which serve just to eat all your power. The company's financial crisis doesn't excuse the fact that fact that they could just tear off the face-piece of a spare animatronic costume and have the night-guard wear it so they would be considerably safer and simultaneously keep the animatronics busy.

** There's also the bit where [[spoiler: the murderer used a Golden Freddy suit to lure kids to their deaths]], so perhaps someone in the higher-ups didn't want to risk a similar thing happening.
* Where is Balloon Boy during the [[spoiler: S A V E T H E M minigame?]] Every single animatronic is featured in there somewhere except for him. Even Golden Freddy sometimes shows up. Did Scott just forget to add him, or is there more to BB than there initially appeared to be?

* Why does the Marionette work with one of the [[spoiler:Security Guards assisting the murder of the five kids]] when he also attacks you, who is a security guard himself?

* Mandopony's latest FNAF song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhJGXzOE5fQ Just Gold]] has a few people debating on who the guy in the [[spoiler: Golden Freddy]] suit is, However, several lyrics in the song may imply the man is [[spoiler: Phone Guy]], ([[spoiler: "Can you hear my call?""]])

* Why does a newspaper clip in the first game state that some children vanished on June 26 while [[spoiler:the paycheck in the second game states it was issued in November]]? A misprint?

* The original mascots [[spoiler: are implied to be haunted by the four dead kids,]] The Puppet and The Golden Freddy [[spoiler: are implied to be haunted by the fifth, crying kid, and the murderer]], the Toy mascots act like the originals because of a malfunction, and [[spoiler: Golden Bonnie is probably a mish-mash.]] '''There is absolutely no explanation why Balloon Boy comes to your room and steals your batteries.'''

** It's possible that [[spoiler:BB and the Toy animatronics are haunted too. It would explain where his sign and balloons disappear off to and how Toy Bonnie's guitar likewise vanishes then shows up again in one of the Party Rooms. We only know for sure that at least six children were murdered, and this is assuming that the instance in the Foxy minigame is the same as the one mentioned in the news clipping hallucinations. [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20141118083117/freddy-fazbears-pizza/images/1/13/Death-minigame-map.gif Five dead bodies can be found in the "SAVETHEM" minigame too]], unlikely to be the same victims in the Foxy minigame (unless Foxy had a similar attraction that matched up with Pirate's Cove from the first game, and the Purple Man or Puppet for some reason took the bodies there and scattered them through the '80s pizzeria). Depending on how this is interpreted, there could be eleven kids murdered by the Purple Man. Which matches up to the number of threats in the second game aside from the shadows or the bare endoskeleton.]]

* Why do people suddenly forget after seeing the third game that [[spoiler: it was actually the Puppet that shoved the (already dead) children into the suits]], and instead go for the fact that since [[spoiler: the Purple Guy died in a spring-locked suit (said to be discontinued) he killed the children the same]]? That makes it all the more [[KarmicDeath karmic]] but still.

* As stated on the Fridge Horror and Nightmare Fuel pages, there appears to be [[spoiler: something splattered on the walls of the Show Stage, presumably blood]]. If they're right, why hasn't anyone noticed this before? Why hasn't the management at least have tried to have hidden it? If they're wrong, why would the pizzeria have [[spoiler: something (likely rust, if not a dried fluid of some sort) on the walls for at least a week, if not two, without the management having cleaned it up or at least hiding it]]? If [[spoiler: it is rust, or dried paint, peeling wallpaper, etc.]], then why is it in such a brand-new restaurant?

** And this is the ''Fazbear Company'' we're talking about him. You really think those guys are competent enough to inform their employees on these things?

* [[spoiler:If this game's a prequel]], why the fuck do the old animatronics look like they've been through hell and back? And how is this Fazbear's "Grand Re-Opening"?

* How did the Bite of '87 happen if all the employee's knew Foxy shouldn't be in the fucking room in the day at all? They probably should've at least tried to get him back to where he belongs before he destroyed someone's frontal lobe...

** Messages are pre-recorded. They could very well be from summer. [[spoiler: That's little bit of FridgeBrilliance, actually- animatronics are already possesed by murdered kids ( that's why they are murderous ) and Jeremy came to work on Night 6 because at this point, building wasn't on lockdown anymore! ( Doesn't explain line "What on earth are you doing there? Didn't you get the memo? The place is closed down, at least for a while", through...]]

* OK, I know that Fazbear Entertainment is using parts of the old animatronics to help make the new ones, but why the hell would they need Old Bonnie's ENTIRE FUCKING HEAD AND FACE for spare parts? That just seems like overkill, and disrespectful to Old Bonnie.

* Occasionally, Foxy will start to attack [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0DRiooRodo&list=UUOTiOsMISuYcYV7aV-4z-Rw&t=7m14s just as the clock rolls over to 6AM.]] What exactly happens when that occurs? Does Foxy stop in midair and just fall to the floor? (...Somebody needs to make a comic of that.)

* Honestly surprised no one's brought this up here, but how can the old animatronics attack you in this ''prequel''?? In FNaF 1, it makes sense when the creator tells you the place is haunted and murdered children were stuffed in suits, but why in FNaF 2 do they walk around?? If anything they should just be off! Also, for an answer: don't cite Game Theory. It's well constructed but no definitely canon.

** There's no real canon explanation yet (at least not one I'm aware of), but in my opinion it's likely that the all of the suits (new and old) were made sentient by another event previous to FNaF2. The murder of the five children (the only real murder in the pizzeria's history that we are ''directly'' told about ) most likely occurred during the course of FNaF2, meaning that if it were ''those'' children specifically stuffed in the suits than none of the animatronics should be haunted, right? However, the mini-games imply that more death has occurred in the pizzeria than what we previously presumed. So here's my theory-in one of the previous Fazbear locations (before FNaF2), there were many cases of child murders, and this prompted the Marionette to bring them back to life by placing them inside the animatronics. So the reason why the older animatronics are active in the prequel is because they are already "stuffed" with a dead child, but not necessarily the ones we were told about in FNaF1.
** And an answer to your second question-I don't think haunted animatronics necessarily need batteries or a power source in general if they are...Well....Haunted. I think that whatever is making the suit sentient in the first place wouldn't need it to be completely functional, as long as it is still movable. For example, Foxy in FnaF1 is in near complete disrepair but functions just as well as the other animatronics with what it has.
* Or this, considering the paycheck, FNaF 1 should take place in the early 90s. Assuming that we get confirmation the children incident occurred on Night 3 of FNaF 2, how long was this going on? Why would there be papers on the wall in the East Hall if that happened half a decade before the first game? How long did it take for the blood and mucus to start pouring out of the suits? What parent would bring their child to a revival of a murder pizzeria?!

** The newspaper was printed before the playable week of FnaF1.

* For a place that has a more expansive budget than the first game's restaurant, taking a quick glance at the office hall, the party rooms and Kid's Cove on the map shows that the Dining Area is absolutely tiny when you take into account that it shares a room with the Game Area and the Prize Corner. The cameras shown that Kid's Cove is about 18 tiles wide, and those tiles are barely bigger than the party hats you see here and there! Unless this version of the pizzeria's dedicated to birthday parties and the like, it means that unless there's some off-camera areas that are available to customers like another room to eat in outside of the aformentioned one in front of the Game Area or an arcade (logically, there at least has to be an entrance and a kitchen that aren't loaded onto the camera and animatronics' digital maps) then not only is that an extremely bad choice of design when it comes to the pizzeria financially breaking even, it pretty much means you're fucked if you aren't there for a birthday party.

* Is Foxy Truly not affected by the Freddy Mask? From what Phone guy said, He was "A bit twitchy"

* What ''are'' the minigames? How do we know they're even canon?

*** And, more importantly, advanced technology. Real-life animatronics, from what I understand, are generally stationary, whereas the ones in this series are closer to robots.

** How do you have Animatronics that can walk around, crawl through vents, and stuff a full grown man into a suit? This series is full of questions that may or may not be answered.

* How do you have an LCD tablet in 1987?

* What is Mangle's true gender? The Phone Guy refers to Mangle as a "he." But on the Custom Night Screen "Ladies' Night Out", Mangle is active. [[WordofGod Word of God]] says that Chica and Toy Chica are the only female animatronics. Is Mangle a case of [[AmbiguousGender Ambiguous Gender]]?
** It's possible Mangle being included in the "Ladies' Night Out" custom mode is simply meant to be a joke based on how much he looks like a girl.
** At the risk of starting a flame war, where did Scott confirm the Chica's as the only females? Please give real evidence.

* As stated on the Fridge Horror and Nightmare Fuel pages, there appears to be [[spoiler: something splattered on the walls of the Show Stage, presumably blood]]. If they're right, why hasn't anyone noticed this before? Why hasn't the management at least have tried to have hidden it? If they're wrong, why would the pizzeria have [[spoiler: something (likely rust, if not a dried fluid of some sort) on the walls for at least a week, if not two, without the management having cleaned it up or at least hiding it]]? If [[spoiler: it is rust, or dried paint, peeling wallpaper, etc.]], then why is it in such a brand-new restaurant?

* As stated on the Fridge Horror and Nightmare Fuel pages, there appears to be [[spoiler: something splattered on the walls of the Show Stage, presumably blood]]. If they're right, why hasn't anyone noticed this before? Why hasn't the management at least have tried to have hidden it? If they're wrong, why would the pizzeria have [[spoiler: something (likely rust, if not a dried fluid of some sort) on the walls for at least a week, if not two, without the management having cleaned it up or at least hiding it]]? If [[spoiler: it is rust]], then why is it in such a brand-new restaurant?

** I assumed that meant he doesn't scan the room, and when he leaps at you, it dislodges the Freddy
head. Cue stuffing. So if he Did scan the room, would he be fooled?

I assumed that meant he doesn't scan the room, and when he leaps at you, it dislodges the Freddy
head. Cue stuffing. So if he Did scan the room, would he be fooled?